The Optimist

The Optimist

Movie 2026-03-11 1h 42m Drama
★ 9.0 / 10 · 2 votes

Herbert Heller keeps his experience as a teenage boy surviving in Auschwitz hidden from his family. Until he meets Abby, a young teenager whose own brush with pain and death inspires him to open up as well, leading the two of them to exchange their stories as a meaningful and healing friendship is born.

Status
Released
Studios
Stillking Films , Convoke Media , Witchcraft Motion Picture Company
Country
Czech Republic
Language
English
Director
Finn Taylor
Cast
Stephen Lang Stephen Lang Herbert Heller Elsie Fisher Elsie Fisher Abbey Robin Weigert Robin Weigert Luke David Blumm Luke David Blumm Young Herbert Heller Stephanie Heiner Stephanie Heiner Linda Josh Schell Josh Schell Cop
Jake Lucas Jake Lucas Centurion (uncredited)
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